Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sāwūl

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

Noun

*sāwūl f[1]

sun (more specifically our star)

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: họwil (from nominative singular)
- Old Breton: houl
  - Middle Breton: heul
    - Breton: heol
- Middle Welsh: heul, haul
  - Welsh: haul
Old Irish: súil (“eye”) (from oblique stem)
- Irish: súil
- Manx: sooill
- Scottish Gaelic: sùil

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*sāwol-/*sūli-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 324

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*sāwol-/*sūli-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 324